Twenty-four hours after Occupy Toronto was evicted from St. James Park, few traces remained Thursday that the protest movement had ever been there.

A handful of occupiers had reclaimed the gazebo, which was filled with a leftover assortment of food, folding chairs and sleeping bags, but the park was otherwise an empty expanse of sodden leaves and mud.

A few city workers continued to make the rounds, picking up the last stray bits of trash, as a handful of bicycle police observed.

Still, the few occupiers who remained on scene were undeterred, saying their movement is continuing despite the end of the downtown tent city.

“This is day 41 of the occupation,” Stefonknee Wolscht contended. “It’s a lot smaller. What happens next, I’m not sure.”

A solitary tent was erected overnight after city workers swept through the park to enforce an eviction order, she said, but was removed this morning.

Others have discussed setting up camp at Queen’s Park, Mel Lastman Square or Nathan Phillips Square, but the city poured cold water on such ideas Wednesday, saying it would not allow another occupation to take root.

A general assembly meeting was planned later Thursday morning outside City Hall.

“Everyone wants the same thing,” said protester Jordanna Heywood as she reclined in the gazebo. “They want us to stay here and talk to the people.”